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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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JING-BANG, n. Also jeeng-bang, jin-; ging-bang (s.Don. 1890 D. A. Simmonds Gl.; Sc. 1897 J. Wright Sc. Life 7); jabang. A considerable number. Gen.Sc. Gen. in phr. the hail jin(g)-bang, the whole lot, company, concern, affair (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 91; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl.). Gen.Sc. Also used attrib. and contemptuously — a worthless collection or lot (Uls. 1924 W. Lutton Montiaghisms 24, Uls. 1947). [′dʒɪŋ ′baŋ]Wgt. 1880 G. Fraser Lowland Lore 172:
Ye maun ken that the haill jingbang o' them's as Eerish as Rosy Monahan.Sc. 1892 Stevenson Wrecker xviii.:
He was the only one I ever liket of the hale jing-bang.Ayr. 1901 G. Douglas Green Shutters xiv.:
How could he stand up and spout, before a whole jing-bang o' them?Sc. 1926 A. Muir Black Pavilion xxi.:
We've got the jing-bang lot if we're quick.Sc. 1950 Scots Mag. (Dec.) 174:
The whole jingbang was lifted, stolen, thieved away! Edb. 1979 Colin Douglas The Houseman's Trilogy (1985) 368:
... Metchnikoff, who described the whole jing-bang, had a Scottish grandfather. em.Sc. 1988 James Robertson in Joy Hendry Chapman 52 72:
An he stude up an aa, an tumed the pockfu o chips intil his gab, the haill jingbang, an swallied them doun in a gliff. Sc. 1989 Times 22 Oct :
According to David MacDonald, director of Glasgow Action, ... the whole jing-bang is simply 'an integral part of a long-term economic development strategy for the city'. Arg. 1992:
The hale jeeng-bang. Sc. 1995 Daily Record 25 Jul 15:
The Scottish Tourist Board should franchise the country. Really sell Scotland as a brand - lock, stock and thistle.
After which, with any luck, Disney would buy the whole jing bang for mega bucks and bung up Ye Olde Brigadoon MacTheme Park. Gsw. 1999 Herald 28 Jun 12:
The Politician to Watch? - the whole jing bang of them. Gsw. 2001 Herald 28 May 7:
On this occasion, however, Labour was elected but there was not a working majority and I remember nothing about the entire jing-bang. Abd. 2003:
E hale jing-bang o e nowt's oot o e park. Sc. 2003 Sunday Mail 8 Jun 3:
Atkins diet going well. ... though I am already sick to the back teeth of eggs. Boiled, poached, fried, omelette, scramble - the whole jing bang.

II. adv. At once, together. (Sh., Ork., Abd., Ags., Edb., Ayr., Dmf. 2000s).Abd. 1992 David Toulmin Collected Short Stories 166:
Now they all came jing-bang, in the mou o 'hairst, and there was a great clamour for repairs at the last minute.